Where does “namibiankalliohiiri” come from?

namibiankalliohiiri (Finnish) comes from Finnish kalliohiiri, from Finnish hiiri, from Proto-Finnic hiiri, from Proto-Uralic šiŋere — mouse.

namibiankalliohiiri (Finnish): pygmy rock mouse, Petromyscus collinus

Definitions

  1. pygmy rock mouse, Petromyscus collinus

Ancestry of “namibiankalliohiiri”, step by step

namibiankalliohiiri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kalliohiiri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkalliohiirirock mouse mouse of the genus Petromyscus
2FinnishhiiriA mouse, used rather indiscriminately for a...
3Proto-Finnichiirimouse
4Proto-Uralicšiŋeremouse

via Finnish Namibia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishNamibia—
2GermanNamibiaNamibia
Every word from Proto-Uralic šiŋere →Every word from Proto-Finnic hiiri →Every word from Finnish hiiri →